Well, I see it as a problem for me as the Chief Electoral Officer. What am I going to do with these secret reports about gifts? What am I going to do with these things? Do I maintain the secrecy around them? If they look fishy, do I refer them to the commissioner for investigation?
I haven't been able to understand how this would function in terms of what role I'm expected to perform. If it were to be a public disclosure, as it is on the other side, then there would be public opprobrium attached to the thing if it were viewed not to be acceptable, or the judgment that the Chief Electoral Officer would be called upon to pass would also be subject to public approval or disapproval.
The secrecy is something I don't understand, and I haven't been able to clear that up with our people. I will be pursuing this matter further with the people who have drafted the bill. It's just that I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do with this.
By the way, I used to run a conflict of interest regime in times past, and these documents were public. So I'm wondering if there is something that has escaped my understanding about why it's secret, and that's why I thought I'd raise it here.